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DaveW

DaveW

Space Monkey
Jul 2, 2001
11,615
3,123
The bunker at parliament
Hey folks i dunno if you have seen this trick before, but I've run it on my firefox browser ....DAMM!!! talk about speeding it up! :thumb: :D

Give it a try and see what you think. :dancing: So fast! :drool:
It's especially good for those unlucky enough to have broadband.

VERT wrote:
Make Firefox load pages A LOT faster

It works, very well if I might add

stolen from another forum


1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.


Enjoy much faster page load times
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mplutodh1

mplutodh1

Monkey
Nov 27, 2002
744
0
Sammamish, WA
haha maybe I am weird, or just have a good connection because I can't notice a huge difference, but hey no complaints... whatever works!
 
mack

mack

Turbo Monkey
Feb 26, 2003
3,674
0
Colorado
i know, i have AOL broadband, for email account, or my mom has it rather with DSL, and its mad slow, i use firefox, it is very fast indeed. i can watch bike vids with download times in seconds.
 
steve45

steve45

Monkey
Sep 30, 2003
483
1
Dundee, Scotland
i'm on a 1mb/s line and theres a noticable increase in speed, i have seen this before and used it,but that was a while ago, on a previous computer.

i couldnt find the topic on here where the info was.
so thanks a lot for that.
 
manziman

manziman

Stubby
Jul 3, 2004
1,612
0
The armpit of San Diego
mplutodh1 said:
haha maybe I am weird, or just have a good connection because I can't notice a huge difference, but hey no complaints... whatever works!
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haha, same for me. It has improved, but not drastically. thanks for the tip, though, it does show an improvement!
 
Guntruck

Guntruck

Monkey
Feb 9, 2004
210
0
Mill Creek, WA
Yes, also much faster on mine. This shoudlnt make your individual file downloads any faster... I just downloads all objects (up to network.http.pipelining.maxrequests) at the same time.... prob doesnt do this by default to cut down on bandwidth useage???
 
KleinMp99

KleinMp99

Monkey
Nov 5, 2001
479
1
United States
It dosen't seem to make page loading much faster. I also typed 500 in for my value :D Will that high of a number slow it down? I am also listening to streaming internet radio which might interfere with the results ;)
 
DaveW

DaveW

Space Monkey
Jul 2, 2001
11,615
3,123
The bunker at parliament
KleinMp99 said:
It dosen't seem to make page loading much faster. I also typed 500 in for my value :D Will that high of a number slow it down? I am also listening to streaming internet radio which might interfere with the results ;)
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Easy way to find out is try it at that setting for a while and then try it at 30. see if there is a difference. :D
 
mplutodh1

mplutodh1

Monkey
Nov 27, 2002
744
0
Sammamish, WA
Guntruck said:
Yes, also much faster on mine. This shoudlnt make your individual file downloads any faster... I just downloads all objects (up to network.http.pipelining.maxrequests) at the same time.... prob doesnt do this by default to cut down on bandwidth useage???
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Yup, I will bet that is the reasoning behind it.

Well for most pages it doesn't change my speeds that much, maybe slightly but I checked out some photo gallery sites to see how it would do, actually did make an improvement there. Some sites though I am having trouble with them fully loading the images, I am sure I just have to get the right combination, but good tip either way!
 
manziman

manziman

Stubby
Jul 3, 2004
1,612
0
The armpit of San Diego
SDminitrucker said:
I ran firefox back in the day and never noticed any diff. This was right when it came out. Lately i have been using IE. Now that i downloaded firefox and did those changes all i can say is HOLY ****TTTT
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2 things...
1. Why in the crap are you running IE? slow and stubborn..
2. What the HELL is your avatar?
 
HypNoTic

HypNoTic

Man Whore
Aug 3, 2004
144
0
Montreal, Qc
mplutodh1 said:
Yup, I will bet that is the reasoning behind it.

Well for most pages it doesn't change my speeds that much, maybe slightly but I checked out some photo gallery sites to see how it would do, actually did make an improvement there. Some sites though I am having trouble with them fully loading the images, I am sure I just have to get the right combination, but good tip either way!
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It does proceed only 1 request at the time by default because many web servers used to be configured to allow only 1 file transfert at the time. Today most decent webmaster and sysadmin allow multiples (usually 5-10 concurrent transferts per session) to allow faster transfert, but keep a limit to avoid flooding of their servers. Imagine 100 persons each starting to open a page with 200 elements on it at the same time... poor server, and dont even get me started on the impact on bandwith! Bandwith is very expensive at these levels.
 
stosh

stosh

Darth Bailer
Jul 20, 2001
22,248
408
NY
Basic Settings for ALL users_______

* Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
* Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "8".
* Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
* Set the value of ui.submenuDelay to "0"
* Set the value of browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to "true"





Fast Broadband (Cable/DSL/LAN)_______

* Set the value of network.http.max-connections to "48".
* Set the value of network.http.max-connections-per-server to "16".
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy to "16"
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to "8"




Slow Narrowband (Dialup)_______

* Set the value of network.http.max-connections-per-server to "8".
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy to "8".
* Set the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to "4".
* Set the value of dom.disable_window_status_change to "true".



Highly Recommended Extensions_______

* Adblock - I can no longer browse without it, does the obvious
* GooglePreview - Adds a little box next to each google search which shows preview of website, highly useful
* Sage - A great RSS reader that allows you to browse RSS stuff in Firefox allowing adblocking on all the crappy news sites of the world.
* ImageZoom - Used to zoom in on images
* Download Manager Tweak - A modification of the Firefox download manager
* All-in-One Gestures - Allows mouse gestures which speed up simple commands
* TabBrowser Preferences - Tons of options for how links open
 
HypNoTic

HypNoTic

Man Whore
Aug 3, 2004
144
0
Montreal, Qc
stosh said:
Highly Recommended Extensions_______

* Adblock - I can no longer browse without it, does the obvious
* GooglePreview - Adds a little box next to each google search which shows preview of website, highly useful
* Sage - A great RSS reader that allows you to browse RSS stuff in Firefox allowing adblocking on all the crappy news sites of the world.
* ImageZoom - Used to zoom in on images
* Download Manager Tweak - A modification of the Firefox download manager
* All-in-One Gestures - Allows mouse gestures which speed up simple commands
* TabBrowser Preferences - Tons of options for how links open
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These Extensions were usefull with old versions of Firefox (well, at the time it was called Firebird). Now the RSS reader is included and the Google bar also (not the preview, just the bar). Personnally, I think the ImageZoom is a useless feature. TabBrowser Preferences offer few nifty options but nothing you can do by yourself in the preference (about:config).

The only XPIs I use are AdBlock and SpiderZilla. Never got used to those damn mouse gestures...
 
CHOP

CHOP

Monkey
Aug 20, 2003
611
2
Rivermont, Va
Thanks, all those changes worked great for me. I am new to Firefox and I use cable. Before the changes I could actually see the pages (pics) load and now they are loaded when the page opens. COOL!!
 
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